# 2024 Atlético Ottawa season

The 2024 Atlético Ottawa season is the fifth season in the history of Atlético Ottawa. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club competed in the Canadian Championship. This is the club's third season under head coach Carlos González.
In the previous season, the club finished 6th in the Canadian Premier League, which resulted in the club missing the playoffs for the third time. They missed the playoffs by just two points.

## Current squad

As of August 29, 2024
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Previous club | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 29 | Nathan Ingham | GK | (1993-01-27)January 27, 1993 (aged 31) | York United FC | |
| 99 | Rayane Yesli | GK | (1999-10-12)October 12, 1999 (aged 25) | Valour FC | |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Zachary Roy | RB | (2003-06-24)June 24, 2003 (aged 21) | CS St. Hubert | U21 |
| 3 | Jesús del Amo | CB | (1999-05-25)May 25, 1999 (aged 25) | Real Avilés | INT |
| 4 | Tyr Walker | CB / FB | (2003-10-22)October 22, 2003 (aged 21) | Acadia University | U21 |
| 5 | Luke Singh | CB | (2000-09-12)September 12, 2000 (aged 24) | Toronto FC | Loan |
| 6 | Liberman Torres | CB / DM | (2002-05-16)May 16, 2002 (aged 22) | Villarreal B | INT, Loan |
| 8 | Dani Morer | RB | (1998-02-05)February 5, 1998 (aged 26) | Famalicão | INT, Loan |
| 15 | Maxim Tissot | LB | (1992-04-13)April 13, 1992 (aged 32) | Forge FC | |
| 22 | Matteo de Brienne | LB / LW | (2002-05-22)May 22, 2002 (aged 22) | Valour FC | |
| 55 | Amer Didic | CB | (1994-12-28)December 28, 1994 (aged 30) | Pacific FC | |
| | Jonathan Grant | RB / CB | (1993-10-15)October 15, 1993 (aged 31) | York United | IL |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 10 | Ollie Bassett | AM / LW | (1998-03-06)March 6, 1998 (aged 26) | Pacific FC | INT |
| 11 | Gabriel Antinoro | LW | (2004-04-24)April 24, 2004 (aged 20) | CF Montréal | U21 |
| 18 | Luca Piccioli | CM | (1999-05-11)May 11, 1999 (aged 25) | Carleton | USPORTS |
| 21 | Alberto Zapater | DM | (1985-06-13)June 13, 1985 (aged 39) | Real Zaragoza | INT |
| 23 | Kris Twardek | RW | (1997-03-08)March 8, 1997 (aged 27) | Bohemians FC | |
| 33 | Aboubacar Sissoko | CM | (1995-10-09)October 9, 1995 (aged 29) | Forge FC | |
| 34 | Manny Aparicio | CM | (1995-09-17)September 17, 1995 (aged 29) | Pacific FC | |
| 96 | Ilias Iliadis | CM / LB | (2001-03-21)March 21, 2001 (aged 23) | CF Montreal | Loan |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | Kevin dos Santos | LW / RW | (1999-11-20)November 20, 1999 (aged 25) | York United | INT |
| 9 | Samuel Salter | CF | (2000-08-09)August 9, 2000 (aged 24) | HFX Wanderers | |
| 13 | Ballou Tabla | CF / RW / LW | (1999-03-31)March 31, 1999 (aged 25) | Manisa FK | |
| 19 | Rubén Del Campo | CF / LW | (2000-02-23)February 23, 2000 (aged 24) | San Fernando CD | INT |

## Transfers
### In
#### Transferred in

| No. | Pos. | Player | From club | Fee/notes | Date |
| | DF | Matteo de Brienne | Valour FC | Free | December 21, 2023 |
| | FW | Ballou Tabla | Manisa FK | Free | January 22, 2024 |
| | MF | Kris Twardek | Bohemians FC | Free | January 30, 2024 |
| | MF | Aboubacar Sissoko | Forge FC | Free | February 7, 2024 |
| | GK | Rayane Yesli | Valour FC | Undisclosed | February 9, 2024 |
| | DF | Jonathan Grant | York United | Free | February 9, 2024 |
| | FW | Kevin Dos Santos | York United | Free | February 20, 2024 |
| 34 | MF | Manny Aparicio | Pacific FC | Free | March 22, 2024 |
| | DF | Amer Didic | Pacific FC | Free | April 5, 2024 |
| | MF | Luca Piccioli | Carleton University | Free | April 18, 2024 |
| | MF | Luca Piccioli | Carleton University | Free | August 3, 2024 |
| | DF | Jesús del Amo | Real Avilés | Free | August 29, 2024 |

#### Loans in

| Pos. | Player | Loaned from | Date |
| DF | Liberman Torres | Villarreal B | February 2, 2024 |
| DF | Luke Singh | Toronto FC | March 22, 2024 |
| DF | Dani Morer | Famalicão | April 30, 2024 |
| MF | Ilias Iliadis | CF Montréal | August 8, 2024 |

#### Draft picks

Atlético Ottawa will make the 3rd and 11th selections in the 2024 CPL–U Sports Draft. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.
| Round | Selection | Pos. | Player | Nationality | University |
| 1 | 3 | MF | Luca Piccioli | Canada | Carleton |
| 2 | 11 | DF | Samuel LaPlante | Canada | UQTR |

### Out
#### Transferred out

| No. | Pos. | Player | To club | Fee/notes | Date |
| 9 | FW | Carl Haworth | Retired | Retired | November 21, 2023 |
| 1 | GK | Sean Melvin | Pacific FC | Released | November 21, 2023 |
| 3 | DF | Macdonald Niba | Thunder Bay Chill | Released | November 21, 2023 |
| 7 | FW | Gianni dos Santos | Inter Kashi | Undisclosed | January 1, 2024 |
| 4 | DF | Diego Espejo | Atletico Madrid B | Loan Expired | January 1, 2024 |
| 5 | DF | Luke Singh | Toronto FC | Loan Expired | January 1, 2024 |
| 14 | MF | Jean-Aniel Assi | CF Montréal | Loan Expired | January 1, 2024 |
| 96 | MF | Ilias Iliadis | CF Montréal | Loan Expired | January 1, 2024 |
| 17 | DF | Miguel Acosta | La Nucía | Contract Expired | January 18, 2024 |
| 16 | MF | Zach Verhoven | Vancouver FC | Contract Expired | March 14, 2024 |
| 20 | DF | Karl Ouimette | Retired | Retired | March 18, 2024 |
| 19 | FW | Malcolm Shaw | Cavalry FC | Contract Expired | April 3, 2024 |
| 91 | DF | Aboubakary Sacko | | Mutual Termination | July 19, 2024 |
| | MF | Luca Piccioli | Ottawa South United | Mutual Termination | July 19, 2024 |

#### Loans out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned to | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
| | MF | Noah Verhoeven | Valour FC | | February 9, 2024 | |

## Competitions
### Canadian Premier League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Playoff qualification |
| 1 | Forge (S) | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 50 | First semifinal |
| 2 | Cavalry (C) | 28 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 48 | First semifinal |
| 3 | Atlético Ottawa | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 44 | Quarterfinal |
| 4 | York United | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 39 | Play-in round |
| 5 | Pacific | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 34 | Play-in round |
| 6 | HFX Wanderers | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 30 | |
| 7 | Vancouver | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 30 | |
| 8 | Valour | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 28 | |
* 1 2 Tie resolved by head-to-head points; HFX Wanderers: 7, Vancouver: 4
* ↑ Yellow cards count for one point and red cards (direct or accumulation of two yellow cards) count as three points.

#### Results by match

| Match | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| Result | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | D |
| Position | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Playoff matches
### Canadian Championship
## Statistics
### Squad and statistics

As of November 2, 2024
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | CAN | Zachary Roy | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Jesús del Amo | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CAN | Tyr Walker | 19 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | TRI | Luke Singh | 22 | 0 | 16+3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ECU | Liberman Torres | 16 | 1 | 6+10 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | POR | Kevin dos Santos | 10 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | ESP | Dani Morer | 30 | 0 | 14+13 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CAN | Samuel Salter | 33 | 6 | 8+22 | 5 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | NIR | Ollie Bassett | 32 | 6 | 25+4 | 4 | 3+0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Gabriel Antinoro | 22 | 1 | 10+9 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | CAN | Ballou Tabla | 33 | 3 | 24+6 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | CAN | Maxim Tissot | 15 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SUI | Rubén Del Campo | 33 | 14 | 24+6 | 12 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Alberto Zapater | 27 | 5 | 15+9 | 3 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 22 | DF | CAN | Matteo de Brienne | 31 | 0 | 28+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | CAN | Kris Twardek | 26 | 1 | 17+6 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | CAN | Nathan Ingham | 22 | 0 | 22+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | MLI | Aboubacar Sissoko | 33 | 2 | 25+5 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | CAN | Manny Aparicio | 32 | 5 | 28+1 | 5 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | CAN | Amer Didic | 32 | 4 | 29+0 | 4 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 91 | DF | FRA | Aboubakary Sacko | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 96 | DF | GRE | Ilias Iliadis | 11 | 2 | 6+5 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | ALG | Rayane Yesli | 10 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Championship | Total |
| 1 | | Rubén del Campo | ST | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | | Samuel Salter | FW | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | | Ollie Bassett | MF | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | | Alberto Zapater | MF | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | | Manny Aparicio | MF | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | | Amer Didic | DF | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | | Ballou Tabla | FW | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | | Aboubacar Sissoko | MF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | | Ilias Iliadis | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | | Kris Twardek | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | Gabriel Antinoro | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | Liberman Torres | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 44 | 8 | 52 |
Updated to match played October 27, 2024 Source: Premier League

### Top assists

| Rank | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Championship | Total |
| 1 | | Dani Morer | DF | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | | Ballou Tabla | FW | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | | Ollie Bassett | MF | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | | Gabriel Antinoro | MF | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | | Manny Aparicio | MF | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | | Matteo de Brienne | DF | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | | Kris Twardek | DF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | | Maxim Tissot | DF | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | | Aboubacar Sissoko | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | | Samuel Salter | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | | Ruben Del Campo | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | | Amer Didic | DF | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 28 | 7 | 35 |
Updated to match played October 12, 2024 Source: Premier League

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Nat. | Player | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Championship | TOTAL |
| 1 | | Nathan Ingham | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | | Rayane Yesli | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 9 | 2 | 11 |
Updated to match played October 19, 2024 Source: Premier League

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | TOTAL | TOTAL |
| 2 | DF | | Zachary Roy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Jesús del Amo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Tyr Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Luke Singh | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Liberman Torres | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | Dani Morer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Samuel Salter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Ollie Bassett | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Gabriel Antinoro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | | Ballou Tabla | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Ruben Del Campo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Alberto Zapater | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Matteo de Brienne | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Kris Twardek | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | | Nathan Ingham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | | Aboubacar Sissoko | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | | Manny Aparicio | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | | Amer Didic | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 96 | DF | | Ilias Iliadis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | | Rayane Yesli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 74 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 82 | 1 |